Ádám Hideg

Karting

Hideg drove a kart for the first time in Kaposvár when he was 4-5 years old and continued to develop his skills on a local karting track from the age of seven. Not much later, he started competitive karting. His first test took place in Kecskemét, and at first he participated in championships in Hungary and neighboring countries, including the Moravian Cup.^[1]

In 2018, Hideg competed for a Hungarian team in Italy in the 60 Mini category in the prestigious WSK series, and from 2019 he became a permanent participant in the field with Lennox Racing, BabyRace and Kidix teams.^[2]

Hideg entered the junior category in 2021, at first with KidiX, then from 2022 with the DPK Racing team linked to Fernando Alonso, before becoming a factory driver for Sodi Kart.^[3] In addition to WSK, he also competed in the Champions of the Future, the FIA Karting European Championship and the FIA Karting World Championship, and was selected as a member of the Hungarian Motorsport Academy.^[4]

With his second place in the OK Junior category at the 2022 FIA Karting World Championship, Hideg achieved a unique success in the history of Hungarian karting.^[5][6]

After the World Championship, at the end of 2022 and at the beginning of 2023, Hideg competed in the adult OK category, before starting his preparations for his Formula 4 career.^[7]

Formula 4

In January 2024 Jenzer Motorsport announced that Hideg would join the Swiss team to compete in Formula Winter Series and the Italian F4 Championship.^[8] He started his season in the 2024 Formula Winter Series, where he impressed, scoring points in the third round at MotorLand Aragón.^[9] He then secured a pole position for the race which was resultantly cancelled in the final round at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, as he finished 20th in the standings, with ten points.^[10] It was later confirmed that Hideg would not be continuing with Jenzer Motorsport for Italian F4, and confirmed his move to Cram Motorsport for the 2024 F4 Spanish Championship.^[11] Hideg scored points in the first weekend at Jarama, finishing sixth, in what would end up being his highest finishing position of the season.^[12] His only other points finish of the season was a seventh-placed finish in the fourth round at Aragón.^[13] He ended the season 17th in the standings, finishing above all his teammates and scoring all fourteen of Cram Motorsport's points in the championship standings.^[14][15]

Eurocup-3

For 2025, it was confirmed that Hideg would step up to join Palou Motorsport for the 2025 Eurocup-3 season.^[16] He also drove for the team in the Eurocup-3 Spanish Winter Championship.^[17] He is currently 21st in the championship, with a best finish of 13th place.

Karting career summary

Racing career summary

Complete Formula Winter Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete F4 Spanish Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete Eurocup-3 Spanish Winter Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete Eurocup-3 results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

† As Hideg was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.